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Lindy Denies Ickes’ Charges; Asks Probe by Roosevelt, - | pecorated by Reich at Invitation ; Of U. S. Embassy, Flyer Retorts — Charles A. Lindbergh said in’ a Ketter to President Roosevelt yesterday that he is willing tof Jeubmit to a Presidential invests gation of intimations by Secretary, 7 af Interior Harold L. Ickes that) . . [Lindbergh 1 “connected with the Md Contact With Arle =~ q interests of & foreign government.” eit President, if the sta sami ined ts of your Secretary of At the same time be expla! e te of Tue and it 4 s that he was decorated by the , | Ge government in 1938 at) oe moment, th Xoerican jople rman governmen' roment, the the American embassy, to which/ Free right to be fully i The Brooklyn Chapter of t he had come at the request of, ‘ed with the facts On the dther America First Committee, : 4, if his statements and tinpl- .whfth Lindbergh has made © the American ambassador “in, ns are false, I believe that | ‘ speeches in oppost i Itlom te! order to assist in creating a better) 9 relationship between the Ameri-) jean embassy and the German gov-: ernment, which your ambassador Gesired at the time. . In a Bastille Day speech in New York Monday, Ickes referred to Lindbergh as “the knight of the German eagle” and accused him in of offering “the Nari party 2 aa publicity. - to the country.” He said he néfer) . well known to your «mm At the same time Secr had heard “Lindbergh utter w ras! Beatee in ‘the countries where 1 {Ickes answered that the m of pity for the people of the Ger- Nived and traveled. J siways kept ree aviator bas b Mmanconquered European coun- fm close contact with your - ct appessement and tries” or “a word for democracy assies and your military: attaches, art . . iteelt” \ i ta the records tn your State De : tlel secretary 3 bergh's Repl; . oe partment and Wer Department, ‘ ubavergh's letter was db ‘ ” . , “a fr restal it, 1 will : ‘Preside oaid the ‘ “Mr. ent, le wean NPY Landersh sald tm his, open my Miles to your invesUge’ — bag not been received, ang ae D . tion. I will willingly appear in \he would not comment on ft “py Dear Mr, President: person before any committee you ‘itt tt had been, “I address you, sir, as an Ameri-| Eppoint, and there ie no question _ At @ press conference Tek can citizen to his President. 1) regarding my activities Dow, or at he bad said Lindbers) write concerning statements made, any time in the pest, that J will ted with the interes! wy an officer of your Cabinet. the Rot be glad to answer. foreign government.” Secretary wt the Interior, ~ “aur. President, if there fa & (“But I Reve aid.” be : “Por many months, and op question th your mind, T ask thas “that he hes gone about the numerous occasions, your Secre- ‘tary of the Interior bas implied in public meetings that I am con- Rected with the interests of foreign government, and be bas Mpecifically eriticized me for ac eepting 8 decoration from the Peet rt 6S= /449- re eat eee . Pare r'-) ' better relationship det: INGTON TIMES-HERALD “pmerican ? and the : wASE KG 32- rman government. which your Pag tima?